With a talent for light comedy and musicals, Acker once was one of the busiest actresses in the state, appearing at nearly every large and small venue across the region. Yet she became as well known to later generations as the creator, executive producer and host of a series of public-television interview...

Jewish comedienne Rita Rudner stars in her stand up 90 minute comedy show on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Coral Springs Center for the Arts in Coral Springs.
Known for her slow delivery and acute observations, Rudner's first interest in show business was in...

By the time the von Trapp children met Pink Martini founder Thomas Lauderdale, the great-grandchildren of the real-life Captain and Maria von Trapp had sung "The Sound of Music" on Broadway, played with the Boston Pops Orchestra and performed on "The...

Flying over the waves of snow-covered mountains that make Afghanistan a natural fortress and a sinkhole for empires, it's impossible not to think of Osama bin Laden's escape from Tora Bora as one of the greatest bungled opportunities in history.Unlike the...

You never know what to expect on a press tour.You expect to see lots of stars and hear lots of lies. You don't expect to die, but we thought it could happen on one occasion: TV writers were in Pasadena in 1994 the morning of the massive quake in...

It's always something of a head-scratcher when old shows that were influential favorites take years to make the digital jump to DVD. But finally Bill Cosby and Kermit the Frog -- two kings of very different sorts of comedies -- are back to delight another...

So Theresa LePore is planning a book about her experiences as Palm Beach County elections supervisor.Since it's sure to climb the best-seller lists, can the movie be far behind?I can hear the Hollywood pitches already ..."Sweetheart! Do I have the picture...

You may be forgiven for believing the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has already begun, because in fact it has. It was more than two weeks ago that the festival kicked off at Cinema Paradiso with Being Julia. The romantic comedy, starring...

*** Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession -- 120 min. Not rated: Language, mature themes.Difficult as it is may be to imagine a world without HBO, or the Independent Film Channel, or Netflix, or even your basic video-rental store, apparently such a world did...

Bizarre though it may seem, Thursday will mark the first time since 1989 that the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has featured its opening night film on opening night.Historically, the world's longest film festival, which will run through Nov....

A star who has created a "kaleidoscopic career," according to one Internet biography, Phyllis Diller has added a new title to her rM-isumM-i -- artist.Fans of Diller, art lovers or the curious can see a collection of the star's paintings at the...

A star who has created a "kaleidoscopic career" according to one Internet biography, Phyllis Diller has added a new title to her resume -- artist.Fans of Diller, art lovers or the curious can see a collection of the star's paintings at the Clearance...

The culture wars took the night off so that Academy Awards could be presented in peace to a bunch of hand-wringing Hollywood liberals -- whoops! Scratch that. What we mean to say is, whither Mel Gibson? The Oscar-winning director of Braveheart was notably...

Rarely has a movie before its release attracted the kind of buzz surrounding Mel Gibson's self-financed The Passion of the Christ. Today people get to see the reason for months of debate and controversy.What has been lost in the debate about the film...

Bob Hope would have loved to have worked the phones for this story.Hope did specials for NBC for almost 50 years. Before each, he would have his representatives call TV writers pitching one-on-one interviews. Market size and circulation were of no...

Bob Hope at 75: "Only the other day my doctor told me I had the heart of a 30-year-old."Punch line due any second."I want to thank the guy in Houston who donated it."At 83: "Actually, I feel that I've aged like a bottle of fine wine."Wait for it."Of...

The fit, beautiful young people meet and go on dates, and something clicks or it doesn't. Some get eliminated; others get roses or jewelry. Hardly anyone gets married. But millions and millions watch each week.Network executives are shocked, in fact, at...

The bad boy rapper beat the boy band member in the battle for the top spot on the album chart.The soundtrack to Eminem's movie 8 Mile remained at No. 1 for a second week, despite competition from 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake.8 Mile sold about 508,000...